Two police officers, including a female officer, were accidentally shot yesterday while one of the officers was cleaning his service pistol.
According to reports, Constable Bernard, who is attached to the San Juan Police Station, was cleaning his weapon around 9 am when the gun fired, hitting his colleague, Constable Sealey, in her abdomen. Police said Bernard was grazed on the hand.
Both officers were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where Sealey underwent emergency surgery. Up to yesterday evening officers could not give an update on her.
Last year, Constable Prakash Deosaran was charged with manslaughter after his gun accidentally fired, killing colleague PC Govindra Ramroop. Deosaran is currently on $100,000 bail as the matter is still before a Point Fortin magistrate. That incident took place in November 2015 at the Guapo Police Station.